Review of "Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia" by Sabrina Strings (New York University Press)
In <i>Fearing the Black Body,</i> Sabrina Strings argues that the origins of present day fat phobia stem from moral and scientific shifts of the Enlightenment period. Affected by a history of racial slavery in America and other parts of the world, the religious, medical, philosophical, a...
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Cultural Studies Association
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Lateral |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.25158/L9.1.17 |